[USS Chimera] SD240905.02 Joint Duty Log - MCapt/Spc COps/AOps Jade Reese and Cooper Morrow (NPC)

=/\= Bridge, USS Chimera C =/\=

+taps+ Specialist Coop (NPC) I need you to run a diagnostic on the short range scanners. +taps+ Jade said reading the reports from the latest scan and seeing that the pass was creating some disturbance, but she wanted to make sure it was only the storm and other things that are happening in the pass.

+taps+"Aye madam." Coop reported. His hands were running across the console. He was disabling single parts of the short range sensor aparatus and running a quick diagnostics. Spectral sensors, radiation sensors, proximity detectors, particle analyzers... one by one shut doww for a few milliseconds and then restarted

+taps+ Once you ran the diagnostic send me the results and I'll get back to you what I need you to do if anything. +taps+ Jade said tapping a few buttons making a small adjustment to the shields and life support to make sure none of the radiation was getting through. It took a few minutes to get back the results of the diagnostics, but so far everything seemed clear.

+taps+ "This is Coop. The diagnostics shows that everything is within the tolerance. Sensor range is limited due to the ongoing storm, but otherwise there is nothing unusual. The disturbance, you're picking up is a residual charge that is building up on the ship's hull. We're already trying to  filter it out."

+taps+ Alright keep an eye on the sensors I also want diagnostics ran on the life support every 30 min and send me the results. +taps+ Jade said wanting to make sure everything stayed in working order, +taps+ also stay in constant contact with the damage control teams. +taps+ Jade added she wanted to make sure nothing fell through the cracks if things got busy.

+taps+ "Of course..." replied Coop thinking {Geee, I understand precaution and awarness, but she's such a control freak...} nevertheless he started the requiered diagnostics and also orderd: "Computer, issue an automatic level four diagnostics on life support systems every thirty minutes and report the shortened results." On the console, he connected his temporary terminal for damage control assignments.

While Jade waited for the reports to roll in she continued to monitor the shields they were holding, but the deeper they went into the Grand Banks chances are the storms were going to get worse. She was also running diagnostics on the communication array every fifteen minuets she didn't want to lose contact with the Eagle or the Hermes lost of contact with the Hermes may prove to be fatal.

So far, everything was going smoothly, the first two scheduled diagnostics reported the same state of the life support systems as before so Coop was quite satisfied that it was going all well. Perhaps too well... as it usually is in these situations. Few minutes afte the second life support check came out the hull monitoring sensors reported rapid increase of the electric charge and before he was able to do anything ship rooked slightly as the charge was released in form of large lightning between ship, its shields and the nebula clouds. Copp was now quickly checking the status of all the ship's systems.

Jade felt the ship rock a little, but that was soon becoming natural occurrence, but this one felt different she ran some scans trying to see what felt differently from the other rocking feelings, +taps+ Coop what's going on? +taps+ Jade asked seeing that her scans were showing nothing. 

+taps+"I'm not still sure madam, it was some sort of electric discharge...." he paused for a moment as the new analysis appeared. "At first it appeared to be inocculous, so we have just filtered the interferences it was causing, but suddenly it spiked and discharged."

+taps+ Alright how bad was the damage? +taps+ Jade asked.

+taps+"No, I'm afraid, that this was just first of many. It seems to have triggered some sort of cascade reaction with Chimera as epicenter. All around us are electric discharges."

Jade just shook her head hating this mission there was very little they could do about the electrical discharges mainly because they'll attracted to the shields and any electricity running on the hull, +taps+ Alright what do suggest we do to rectify the situation?+taps+ Jade asked knowing that she should come up with a solution, but she had none.

He checked few more things on his console. +taps+"No it poses no threat, the shields will keep it within safe numbers and if we will change the hull polarity the charge won't build up , however the storm we have triggered will limit the sensor range even further." This was bad. Even now as they were, they were flying almost blindly, but now noone is going to be able to say what is... he checked the console again. "We have visibility 100 kilometers ahead, that's the best I can give you. Perhaps we could use class 4 probes to do the sensor sweep ahead of us and relay the data, but in this environmehnt they wouldn't last very long."

+taps+ Alright go ahead and work on changing the hull polarity so we don't have to deal with these surges. As for the probes I'll need to speak to the CO and XO about the idea. +taps+ Jade said thinking that this Specialist would've made a good officer if he wanted to attend officer school she would put in a good word for him.

+taps+"it should take about two to three hours for the disturbance to dissipate."

+taps+ Alright keep me informed of your progress Specialist. +taps+ Jade said running a few more scans on the sensors seeing if there was anything she could do, but it didn't look like there was anything more that she could to.

<<To be continued.......>>

Marine Captain Jade Reese

Chief Operations Officer

USS Chimera C

&

Specialist Cooper Morrow (NPC)

Assistant Operations Officer

USS Chimera C (apb Terek)